Harddisk problem - weird, having some issu

Alright, I've only had my Creative Zen Xtra (60GB) for 3 days, and when I woke up this morning, it would no longer work. Last it had worked I had just finished using it, plugged it into the recharger, put it on my night table, and went to bed. I have tried "percussi've treatment" to no avail, and on that note, the hard dri've does not do very much clicking at all. It starts up the same way as always, I hear a whirr, and then the hard dri've sputters out. I am introduced to rescue mode, which does nothing. "Clean Up" seems to do nothing at all, "Format all" results in a "harddisk problem" message, as does "Reload OS". However, it doesn't seem like the hard disk is completely broken - When plugged into my computer, it is accessed just fine. If I use the explorer, I can get as far as accessing the MP3 player, though it seems to think I have no files stored on it. If I try to put a file on it, I get an "access denied" message, and if I try to put an mp3 file into the "media library" folder (I can't access the music folder), I get an "unspecified error" message. I have also tried to reload the firmware, in which case the firmware program gets stuck at a certain point and stops responding. Also, if I go to "Selected Music" in my explorer, I actually can see the last songs I had specifically selected for play, on the player's console - this somehow leads me to believe that the hard disk is not completely broken, though I could be mistaken. Has anyone else had this kind of problem, or am I still stuck having to send in for repairs?Message Edited by SpiffyHamster on 04-0-2006 2:4 PM

Harddisk error when trying to format the disk means the harddisk has failed. The light-firm tap method may work if the heads have stuck, but I've never had any success with that myself.
If you don't want to replace the hard disk yourself, put it up on eBay, there is a market for faulty players (I buy them all the time).

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